Eagle River High senior Brenden Lyon led all local marksmen by finishing eighth overall with an aggregate score of 378.6 at the Cook Inlet Conference riflery championships Saturday, Dec. 1 at West High.

The Wolves finished third for the third straight year behind West in second and Dimond in first. Chugiak placed fourth.

Lyon fired a 284 in the qualifying round to earn a spot in the individual final with the other top-10 shooters. Dimond’s Reniel Aljibe fired a 386.8 aggregate score to finish as the conference’s top shooter.

Lyon said he felt a lot of pressure during his final 10 shots of his high school career.

“The final was a lot more nerve-racking,” he said.

Lyon said he was happy to reach his goal of making the top 10.

With the way Lyon’s been performing as of late, Wolves head coach Jeff Parker wasn’t surprised to see him reach the final.

“He’s blossomed into a fine shooter,” Parker said.

A four-year shooter, Lyon said he’ll miss being a member of the ERHS riflery team.

“It’s gonna be weird not having to go to practice,” he said. “It was a lot of fun.”

Cat Papasodora shot a 278 and Jake Nall and Tristian Henderson each fired 275 for Eagle River’s A team.